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ABOUT ME

My work as a funeral celebrant is informed by my belief that women bring a healthy spiritual and ethical sensibility to leading people through major rites of passage.

 

I'm a registered clergy member in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a member of the National Home Funeral Alliance, Funeral Consumers Alliance of Eastern Massachusetts, Green Burial Massachusetts, as well as being endorsed by the American Humanist Society.

 

If you're spiritual-not-religious, interfaith, atheist, LGBTQ+, of color, or just having trouble finding someone who gets you, let's talk. I proudly serve people of all faiths, races, heritage traditions, genders, ages, and orientations in the greater Boston area.

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In addition to being a celebrant, I’m a city cyclist, mixtape nerd, small-batch ice cream experimenter, traveler, mom to two crazy-loving boys, and amateur drummer. 

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MEMBER OF...

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National Funeral
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Eastern Massachusetts

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you...

... Vince Vanston, for teaching me that poetry and a deep appreciation for life can co-exist with dark humor, death, and undertaking.

... Ursula LeGuin, Walt Whitman, Mark Strand, Anne Carson, E.M Forster, A. S. Byatt, Ray Bradbury, Ted Chiang, Michel Faber, and John Crowley

... Grizzly Bear, Joy Division, Kristin Hersh, American Football, Bowie, Adrienne Davies, Bill Withers, Liz Phair, Father John Misty, The Meters, Public Enemy, Kate Bush, Eric Satie, The Smiths, Brian Eno, Fiona Apple, Parliament, Luscious Jackson, No Age, Beastie Boys, and The Flaming Lips

... Fisher and Diaz, for being a relentlessly human family, and for staying classy in your care of the dead and their living.

... Forest Hills Cemetery and Mount Auburn Cemetery, for many hours of solo and shared walks in nature.

... Mom and Dad for modeling the craft and theory of existentialism, life cycle rituals, and ethical leadership.

... J.P. Licks and L.A. Burdick for getting me through summers and winters.

...Adrianne Mathiowetz for capturing me in front of the lens, and Vera Times for kind graffiti.

... to my kids, who keep me smiling and inspired to do the important stuff.

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